Beer number two on my current Beerbods subscription, and this English bitter is named after a freshwater fish. Obviously someone at Butts brewery is a fan of fishing!
Pours a burnished orange colour with a nice thick white head that puts thick lacing on the glass. Nose is heavy with toasted crystal malt, mild toffee sweetness and a pinch of citrus & oily hop resins.
Taste of brown bread and yeasty chewiness initially with some toffee thrown in; hop flavours develop empathically into hop oils, lemon & lime and tarte rhubarb. Heavy, slightly acrid bitterness on the finish which unfortunately strips a lot of the flavour away, which is a shame as the balance of the thick, chewy, sweet malt and the clean, fresh hop flavours is perfect!
Full bodied with plenty of chewiness at the start, but then becomes light and refreshing once the hops kick in; quite unique and unusual (for me anyway). Carbonation is light, but the astringency is a put-off. It was only a minor hindrance for the first half of the bottle, but towards the end, it was too much. One bottle of this would be all I could drink in one sitting - but I would definitely give this another go if I came across it again.
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